Yerby Fellowship Applications due by 10/11
If you know of any URM, US citizen or permanent resident, current postdocs interested in training at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, please forward them the information below regarding the Yerby Fellowship. FYI, they no longer take new graduates and the stipend is $69K.
The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s Yerby Fellowship Program is an exceptional professional opportunity for applicants. The Fellowship seeks candidates whose research, teaching, and service will contribute to a stronger, more diverse public health community. It draws on the rich research environment and intellectual resources of one of the world’s premier public health training institutions. Named for Dr. Alonzo Smythe Yerby, an African-American pioneer in public health, this program aims to expand the diversity of those entering the academic public health field. The program creates a bridge between academic training in public health-related fields and entry-level faculty positions at institutions throughout the United States.
The goal of the program is to advance the intellectual and professional development of each Yerby Fellow. Under the guidance of a senior Harvard Chan School faculty member with compatible interests, Yerby Fellows develop research agendas, receive grant support, and actively pursue publication in peer-reviewed journals. Additionally, Yerby Fellows gain teaching experience and participate in a wide variety of professional development activities. Yerby Fellows will receive a competitive salary with benefits for one year, renewable for a second year.
Fellowship training is available across the broad range of the School’s activities: laboratory sciences, population sciences, and social and policy sciences. Fellows are based within one of the School’s nine academic departments:
- Biostatistics
- Environmental Health
- Epidemiology
- Genetics and Complex Diseases
- Global Health and Population
- Health Policy and Management
- Immunology and Infectious Diseases
- Nutrition
- Social and Behavioral Sciences
The deadline to apply is October 11, 2019, 11:59 p.m. EDT. All applications must be submitted through this online application portal: http://academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/9139. Recommendation letters are due by October 25, 2019, 11:59 p.m. EDT.
For more information regarding the program, eligibility, and testimonials from past fellows, please visit the Harvard Chan Yerby Fellowship Program website: https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/yerby-fellows/.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Mollie-Anne Maxfield (mmaxfiel@hsph.harvard.edu) or the Office of Faculty Affairs (facultyaffairs@hsph.harvard.edu).